IRS 1B COSMOS 970 DEB

0.018% collision chance on 2025-08-17 19:08:28z

CDM information

Conjunction Data Message description

IRS 1B is risking orbital collision with COSMOS 970 DEB. The time of closest approach (TCA) between the two objects is calculated to be at Aug. 17, 2025, 7:28 p.m., with a collision probability of 0.018%. The closest distance at TCA is estimated to be 262.0 meters.

Note: this is the latest available calculation for this conjunction event. Access all the most updated CDMs for object IRS 1B in its detailed page.

Key information

Parameters and calculations for this potential in-orbit collision event.

TCA: 2025-08-17 19:28:04z

CDM ID: 1118754334

Miss distance: 262.0 (m)

Collision probability: 0.0001758333 (~0.018%)

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Objects comparison

A comparison of the two objects interested by this conjunction data message.

IRS 1B	Name	COSMOS 970 DEB
21688	Norad ID	65007
PAYLOAD	Type	DEBRIS
SSO	Orbit	LEO
99.41°	Inclination	65.84°
LARGE	Size	SMALL
IND	Country	CIS
Aug. 29, 1991	Launch date	Dec. 21, 1977
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